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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Healthcare facilities

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Intermediary Relending Program (IRP)
Provides low interest loans to intermediaries that re-lend to businesses to improve economic conditions and create jobs in rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development
Invest Appalachia Fund
Loans and technical assistance to support sectors and industries that are driving economic diversification, local ownership, and community wealth building in Central Appalachia.
Geographic coverage: Appalachian counties of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Invest Appalachia
Kentucky Hospital Business Incentives
Incentives for businesses in Kentucky in the form of tax credits, sales and use tax refunds, and cash grant reimbursements. Hospital eligibility was approved during the 2021 legislative session, and rural hospitals are encouraged to participate.
Geographic coverage: Kentucky
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
Kentucky Rural Hospital Loan Program
Revolving loan fund program for rural hospital operations and facilities in Kentucky with the overall goal of providing needed direct healthcare services in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Kentucky
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
Louisiana Rural Loan Fund
Technical assistance, direct loans, and indirect loans for healthcare providers and facilities in rural areas of Louisiana.
Geographic coverage: Louisiana
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center
Massachusetts Business Builds Capital Grant Program
Capital funding to support business expansion and private investment in Massachusetts. Healthcare providers and health-related businesses are eligible, and rural communities are a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Massachusetts
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED), Massachusetts Office of Business Development (MOBD)
Microsoft Rural Health Resiliency Program
Assistance to help rural hospitals and other rural facilities keep their health services safe and secure with affordable access to Microsoft security solutions, artificial intelligence, and building cybersecurity capacity.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Microsoft
Mississippi Rural Hospital Loan Program
Loans for rural hospitals to assist in providing direct healthcare services for citizens of Mississippi.
Geographic coverage: Mississippi
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Mississippi State Department of Health
Missouri Community Health Foundation Loan Forgiveness Program
Loan forgiveness fund that provides partial or full funding for healthcare professional students from urban and rural Missouri to attend medical, dental, nursing, physician assistant, dental hygiene, optometry, and pharmacy school in the primary care fields.
Geographic coverage: Missouri
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Missouri Community Health Foundation
Missouri Community Health Foundation Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment fund that assists with increasing access to healthcare services in underserved communities throughout Missouri. The Foundation partners with primary care medical, advanced practice nursing, and dental residents during their postgraduate training to provide educational student loan repayment in exchange for service at a Missouri Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) upon completion of training.
Geographic coverage: Missouri
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Missouri Community Health Foundation